EP2656520B1 - Method and arrangement for receiving an optical input signal and transmittning an optical output signal - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method and an arrangement for receiving an optical input signal and transmitting an optical output signal.
- a PON, Passive Optical Network is a point-to-multipoint optical network architecture.
- the PON may for instance be a Fiber to the Premises, Fiber to the Curb, Fiber to the Cabinet or Fiber to the Building network.
- Unpowered optical splitters are used to enable a single optical fiber to serve multiple sites.
- a PON consists of an OLT, Optical Line Terminal, at the service provider's CO, Central Office, and a number of ONUs, Optical Network Units, near end users.
- the PON configuration reduces the number of optical fibers required and cost compared with point to point architectures.
- Downstream signals are transmitted to and upstream signals are received from each premise sharing a single fiber by using a multiple access protocol such as TDMA, Time Division Multiple Access or WDM, Wavelength Division Multiplexing.
- WDM/TDM-PON systems which use both WDM and TDM as multiple access protocol.
- WDM/TDM-PON systems enable a higher number of users to be connected to one access network infrastructure.
- WDM/TDM-PON solutions Some of them include tunable elements at the ONU, which is still an expensive technology in the access network.
- RSOA Reflective Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers
- REAM Reflective Electro Absorption Modulators
- An object of the present invention is therefore to provide methods and arrangements to solve or at least mitigate at least one of the above mentioned problems.
- transceiver unit for receiving an optical input signal and transmitting an amplitude modulated optical output signal
- a method in a transceiver unit for receiving an optical input signal and transmitting an amplitude modulated optical output signal is achieved by means of a transceiver unit for receiving an optical input signal and transmitting an amplitude modulated optical output signal.
- a transceiver unit for receiving an optical input signal and transmitting an amplitude modulated optical output signal.
- the transceiver unit comprises a first coupler configured to power split the optical input signal comprising a modulated optical signal and an unmodulated optical signal to a receiver and to a second coupler.
- the receiver is configured to convert the modulated optical signal and the unmodulated optical signal to an electrical output signal.
- the second coupler being configured to split the optical input signal from the first coupler to a first Semiconductor Optical Amplifier, SOA, and a second SOA, the first SOA being configured to saturation to erase amplitude modulation of the optical input signal.
- the transceiver unit further comprises phase modulation means connected to the first SOA configured to phase modulate a first saturated optical input signal from the first SOA based on data information to be transferred. Further the transceiver unit comprises first reflection means connected to the phase modulation means configured to reflect a phase modulated first saturated optical input signal from the phase modulation means back into the phase modulation means. The second SOA is configured to saturation to erase amplitude modulation of the optical input signal from the second coupler. Yet further the transceiver unit comprises second reflection means connected to the second SOA and configured to reflect a second saturated optical input signal from the second SOA back into the second SOA.
- the second SOA is further configured to further erase amplitude modulation of the second saturated optical input signal
- the first SOA is further configured to further erase amplitude modulation of the phase modulated first saturated optical input signal.
- the second coupler is yet further configured to create the amplitude modulated optical output signal by adding a first output signal from the first SOA and a second output signal from the second SOA.
- a method in a transceiver unit for receiving an optical input signal and transmitting an amplitude modulated optical output signal comprises the steps power splitting the optical input signal comprising a modulated optical signal and an unmodulated optical signal to a receiver and to a second coupler; converting the modulated optical signal and the unmodulated optical signal to an electrical output signal in the receiver; splitting the optical input signal in the second coupler to a first Semiconductor Optical Amplifier, SOA, and a second SOA; erasing amplitude modulation of the optical input signal in the first SOA; phase modulating a first saturated optical input signal from the first SOA based on data information to be transferred; reflecting a phase modulated first saturated optical input signal from the phase modulation means back into the phase modulation means; erasing amplitude modulation of the optical input signal in the second SOA; reflecting a second saturated optical input signal from the second SOA back into the second SOA; further erasing
- An advantage of embodiments of the present invention is that it provides a significant increase in cost-efficiency since a single type of transceiver unit can be deployed at both OLT and ONT.
- a further advantage of embodiments of the present invention is that it enables large electric bandwidth and high optical extinction ratio.
- Another advantage of embodiments of the present invention is that it increases robustness against RBS, Rayleigh Backscattering, thanks to saturation in the transceiver unit.
- a further advantage of embodiments of the present invention is increased power budget due to saturation in the transceiver unit.
- Yet a further advantage of embodiments of the present invention is centralized filtering functionality.
- Another advantage with embodiments of the present invention is centralized light generation.
- Another advantage with embodiments of the present invention is cost-flexibility due to the free choice of the type of CLS, Centralized Lightwave Source.
- Yet further advantages with embodiments of the present invention are passive ODN, Optical Distribution Network, shared infrastructure, large optical bandwidth, large number of users.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of system 100 in which the invention can be implemented.
- the system 100 comprises several TDM-PON-links (not shown).
- Each TDM-PON-link has two dedicated wavelengths for bidirectional transmission.
- the cyclic nature of the wavelength multiplexers 120, 125 are based on AWG, Arrayed Waveguide Grating.
- the two channels are coupled with a FSR, Free Spectral Range, of an AWG.
- Each TDM-PON-link comprises two transceiver units 140, 150.
- the transceiver units 140, 150 according to the present invention is colorless in the sense that they can receive and transmit any wavelength channel since there is no optical filter mechanism involved in the receiver part (not shown) nor the transmitter part (not shown) of the transceiver units 140, 150.
- the transceiver units 140, 150 neither require dedicated laser sources since they use reflection mechanism (not shown) for transmission.
- the receiver, transmitter and reflection mechanism in the transceiver units 140, 150 will be described in detailed in relation to Figure 4 .
- the transceiver units 140, 150 can be applied in both the ONU-end 160 and the OLT-end 170 of the optical access network link.
- the transceiver units 140, 150 according to the present invention enable cost-efficient wavelength separated downstream and upstream transmission. Transmission and reception of high bit-rate amplitude-modulated wavelength channels are therefore enabled with the transceiver units 140, 150 according to the present invention.
- the transceiver units 140, 150 are therefore suitable for high split-ratio hybrid WDM/TDM-PON systems.
- the optical GS, Gain Saturation as will be described further down, in the transceiver units 140, 150 induced by the signal reflected at an end-facet (not shown) of the transceiver units 140, 150 result in that the system 100 does not suffer from a tight optical budget as most of the high split-ratio systems.
- This GS also provides for higher tolerance of the transmission against amplitude noise induced by intrachannel-crosstalk due to e.g. RBS, Rayleigh Backscattering, which is achieved by amplitude noise erasure.
- the system illustrated in figure 1 also comprises a CLS 180, Centralized Lightwave Source, at a CO 195, Central Office.
- the CLS 180 at the CO 195 feeds a Seeder Unit 190 with a set of CW channels (not shown).
- a power splitter 198 split wavelength channels into drop fibres 196.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the system 100 in which downstream transmission using the transceiver units 140, 150 according to the present invention are illustrated.
- First downstream transmission from the CO 195 to the ONU 160 will be described.
- the CLS 180 at the CO 195 feeds the SU 190 with a set of CW channels (not shown).
- filtering means (not shown) at the SU 190 some of the CW channels are directed via wavelength multiplexer 120 towards the transceiver unit 140 at the CO 195.
- These CW channels are illustrated by a solid line 210.
- the transceiver unit 140 amplifies, amplitude-modulates and reflects part of power from a single wavelength channel.
- the remaining CW power at the transceiver unit 140 is directed into the photo detector (not shown) and is suppressed by means of a DC-block (not shown).
- the downstream signal 225 is then transmitted via wavelength multiplexer 120, SU 190, and feeder fiber 215 into a remote node 220.
- the wavelength multiplexer 125 and power splitter 198 in the remote mode 220 split the downstream signal 225 into drop fibres 196.
- the drop fibres 196 provide the downstream signal 225 to the ONUs 160 in which the transceiver units 150 are located.
- the transceiver unit 150 in the ONU 160 is a same transceiver unit as the transceiver unit 140 in the OLT 170.
- some power of a modulated part of the downstream signal 225 is directed to a photo detector (not shown) in the transceiver unit 150.
- the remaining power is directed to a transmitter part (not shown) of the transceiver unit 150 and is further referred to as upstream inter channel crosstalk.
- the upstream inter channel crosstalk (not shown) is accompanying an upstream data signal (not shown) from the transceiver unit 150.
- the upstream inter channel crosstalk is later on discarded in the SU 190.
- the RN 220 distributes the wavelength channels 310 towards a number of transceiver units 150, 151 and 152.
- an optical input signal (not shown) is divided. Part of the optical input signal goes into a photo detector (not shown), where constant-amplitude photocurrents in the optical input signal is discarded by means of DC-block.
- the other part is amplified, amplitude-modulated, reflected and sent back towards the transceiver unit 140 at the CO 195 via drop fiber 196, RN 220, feeder fibre 215 and the SU 190.
- This is illustrated by the dashed line 315.
- some power of the modulated signal is directed the photo detector (not shown) in the transceiver unit 140 and the reaming power goes to a transmitter part (not shown) of the transceiver unit 140 and is further referred to as downstream inter channel crosstalk accompanying the downstream data signal.
- the downstream inter channel crosstalk is later on discarded in the SU 190.
- FIG 4 illustrates a schematic block diagram of a transceiver unit 140, 150 according to the present invention for receiving an optical input signal and transmitting an amplitude modulated optical output signal.
- the transceiver unit 140, 150 comprises a first coupler 410 configured to power split the optical input signal comprising a modulated optical signal and an unmodulated optical signal to a receiver 420 and to a second coupler 430.
- the receiver 420 is configured to convert the modulated optical signal and the unmodulated optical signal to an electrical output signal.
- the second coupler 430 is configured to split the optical input signal from the first coupler 410 to a first Semiconductor Optical Amplifier, SOA, 440 and a second SOA 450.
- the first SOA 440 is configured to saturation to erase amplitude modulation of the optical input signal.
- the SOA is configured to saturation with a constant bias current.
- the transceiver unit 140, 150 further includes phase modulation means 470 connected to the first SOA 440.
- the phase modulation means 470 is configured to phase modulate a first saturated optical input signal from the first SOA 440 based on data information to be transferred. Further, the transceiver unit 140, 150 comprises first reflection means 480 connected to the phase modulation means 470 configured to reflect a phase modulated first saturated optical input signal from the phase modulation means 470 back into the phase modulation means 470. In an exemplary embodiment of the transceiver unit 140, 150 in accordance with the present invention the phase modulated first saturated optical input signal from the reflection means 480 is further phase modulated as it again passes the phase modulation means 470.
- the first saturated optical input signal undergoes phase modulation according to the bit pattern logic "zero" corresponds to a ⁇ -shift.
- the first reflection means 480 may be loop-mirrors which introduce lower loss than a regular reflective facet.
- the second SOA 450 which receives the optical input signal from the second coupler 430 is configured to saturation to erase amplitude modulation of the optical input signal.
- the transceiver unit 140, 150 comprises second reflection means 460 connected to the second SOA 450.
- the second reflection means 460 is configured to reflect a second saturated optical input signal from the second SOA 450 back into the second SOA 450.
- the second SOA 450 is further configured to further erase amplitude modulation of the second saturated optical input signal.
- the first SOA 440 is also being further configured to further erase amplitude modulation of the phase modulated first saturated optical input signal.
- the modulated optical output signal is created by the second coupler 430 which is further configured to do so by adding a first output signal from the first SOA 440 and a second output signal from the second SOA 450. Since the second output signal from the second SOA 450 has not experience any phase modulation, the amplitude of the modulated optical output signal is changed according with phase differences in relation to the signal from the first SOA 440. Low amplitude if the relative phase difference reaches ⁇ and high amplitude if the relative phase difference is 0.
- the transceiver unit is integrated on a single chip component which enables cost efficient mass production of the transceiver unit 140, 150.
- the seeder unit 190 comprises three optical band-pass filters 510, 520 and 530. Furthermore the seeder unit 190 comprises a fixed attenuator 540, and two circulators 550, 560.
- the optical band-pass filters 510 interfaces the CLS 180.
- the CLS 180 may be a spectrally sliced broadband source or a comb of WDM lasers.
- the optical band-pass filters 510 splits the spectrum of the incoming WDM signal into two parts, DS seeds and US seeds.
- the DS seeds are directed into the optical band-pass filter 520 where the DS seeds are combined with US data signals and are further transmitted via port 551 of the circulator 550 towards the transceiver unit 140.
- the DS after modulation in the transceiver unit 140 comes back via the same port 551 and by-pass from port 552 in the circulator to the optical band-pass filter 530 where DS after modulation combines with US seeds coming from the optical band-pass filter 510.
- Further on the modulated DS and unmodulated US seeds leave the SU 190 via port 561 of the circulator 560.
- the circulator 560 can be moved out of the SU 190 to the RN 220 providing a double fiber transmission in the feeder fiber 215.
- RX sensitivity is defined as the estimated minimum power measured at the input to the transceiver unit 140, 150 for error-free transmission.
- Modulator sensitivity is defined as the estimated minimum power measured at the input to the transceiver unit 140, 150 for the optimum performance of the modulator.
- the optical power levels injected to all transceiver units 140, 150 are equalized. This is achieved by the attenuator 540 applied in the SU 190, which adjusts the transceiver unit 140, 150 input power of the CW channels. This extra attenuation corresponds to the loss in the ODN 165 diminished by the loss in the multiplexer 120 in the CO 195.
- the CW power is higher than the data signal power at the input of the transceiver unit 140, 150 in order to reduce the influence of XGM, Cross Gain Modulation in the SOA 140, 150.
- the higher remaining power budget for US transmission can be accommodated to balance the power penalties due to RBS, which may have influence in the US path.
- the remaining power budget can be even improved if the input power to the SU 190 is increased.
- a flowchart of a method in a transceiver unit 140, 150 for receiving an optical input signal and transmitting an amplitude modulated optical output signal In a step 600 the optical input signal comprising a modulated optical signal and an unmodulated optical signal is power splitted to a receiver 120 and to a second coupler 130. In a step 601 the modulated optical signal and the unmodulated optical signal are converted to an electrical output signal in the receiver. In a step 602 the optical input signal is splitted in the second coupler 130 to a first Semiconductor Optical Amplifier, SOA, 140 and a second SOA 150. In a step 603 amplitude modulation of the optical input signal is erased in the first SOA 140.
- SOA Semiconductor Optical Amplifier
- a first saturated optical input signal from the first SOA 140 is phase modulated based on data information to be transferred.
- a phase modulated first saturated optical input signal is reflected from the phase modulation means 170 back into the phase modulation means 170.
- amplitude modulation of the optical input signal is erased in the second SOA 150
- a second saturated optical input signal is reflected from the second SOA 150 back into the second SOA 150.
- amplitude modulation of the second saturated optical input signal is further erased in the second SOA 150.
- amplitude modulation of the phase modulated first saturated optical input is further erased in the first SOA 140.
- the amplitude modulated optical output signal is created by adding a first output signal from the first SOA 140 and a second output signal from the second SOA 150.
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- The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement for receiving an optical input signal and transmitting an optical output signal.
- A PON, Passive Optical Network, is a point-to-multipoint optical network architecture. The PON may for instance be a Fiber to the Premises, Fiber to the Curb, Fiber to the Cabinet or Fiber to the Building network. Unpowered optical splitters are used to enable a single optical fiber to serve multiple sites.
- A PON consists of an OLT, Optical Line Terminal, at the service provider's CO, Central Office, and a number of ONUs, Optical Network Units, near end users. The PON configuration reduces the number of optical fibers required and cost compared with point to point architectures. Downstream signals are transmitted to and upstream signals are received from each premise sharing a single fiber by using a multiple access protocol such as TDMA, Time Division Multiple Access or WDM, Wavelength Division Multiplexing.
- There are several well-established standards for PONs, like GPON. New technologies are also being developed which increase the available bandwidth per user. Development of these new technologies is among others driven by the never-ending bandwidth thirst for large volume data transmissions and HDTV-streaming. One of these new solutions is hybrid WDM/TDM-PON systems which use both WDM and TDM as multiple access protocol. WDM/TDM-PON systems enable a higher number of users to be connected to one access network infrastructure. There have been several approaches towards WDM/TDM-PON solutions. Some of them include tunable elements at the ONU, which is still an expensive technology in the access network. A great potential has been discovered in RSOA, Reflective Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers, and REAM, Reflective Electro Absorption Modulators. Although they are sufficiently wavelengthagnostic, they still have serious drawbacks. RSOA has a limited modulation bandwidth (max 2.5GHz) and the REAM suffers from very high intrinsic loss and requires an optical amplifier.
- There is therefore a need for an improved solution for WDM/TDM-PON, which solution solves or at least mitigates at least one of the above mentioned problems.
- An optical transceiver unit according to the state of the art is known from document XP031623313 Lei Liu et. al. "A novel scheme for colorless ONU based on Michael Interferometer at Radio frequency".
- As mentioned above there have been several approaches towards WDM/TDM-PON solutions.
- For some solutions available today it is necessary with tunable elements at the ONU, which is still an expensive technology in the access network. Other solutions utilize RSOA and REAM which have serious drawbacks. An object of the present invention is therefore to provide methods and arrangements to solve or at least mitigate at least one of the above mentioned problems.
- The above stated object is achieved by means of a transceiver unit for receiving an optical input signal and transmitting an amplitude modulated optical output signal and a method in a transceiver unit for receiving an optical input signal and transmitting an amplitude modulated optical output signal.
- In accordance with a first aspect of the present invention a transceiver unit for receiving an optical input signal and transmitting an amplitude modulated optical output signal is provided. The transceiver unit comprises a first coupler configured to power split the optical input signal comprising a modulated optical signal and an unmodulated optical signal to a receiver and to a second coupler. The receiver is configured to convert the modulated optical signal and the unmodulated optical signal to an electrical output signal. The second coupler being configured to split the optical input signal from the first coupler to a first Semiconductor Optical Amplifier, SOA, and a second SOA, the first SOA being configured to saturation to erase amplitude modulation of the optical input signal. The transceiver unit further comprises phase modulation means connected to the first SOA configured to phase modulate a first saturated optical input signal from the first SOA based on data information to be transferred. Further the transceiver unit comprises first reflection means connected to the phase modulation means configured to reflect a phase modulated first saturated optical input signal from the phase modulation means back into the phase modulation means. The second SOA is configured to saturation to erase amplitude modulation of the optical input signal from the second coupler. Yet further the transceiver unit comprises second reflection means connected to the second SOA and configured to reflect a second saturated optical input signal from the second SOA back into the second SOA. The second SOA is further configured to further erase amplitude modulation of the second saturated optical input signal, and the first SOA is further configured to further erase amplitude modulation of the phase modulated first saturated optical input signal. The second coupler is yet further configured to create the amplitude modulated optical output signal by adding a first output signal from the first SOA and a second output signal from the second SOA.
- In accordance with a second aspect of the present invention a method in a transceiver unit for receiving an optical input signal and transmitting an amplitude modulated optical output signal is provided. The method comprises the steps power splitting the optical input signal comprising a modulated optical signal and an unmodulated optical signal to a receiver and to a second coupler; converting the modulated optical signal and the unmodulated optical signal to an electrical output signal in the receiver; splitting the optical input signal in the second coupler to a first Semiconductor Optical Amplifier, SOA, and a second SOA; erasing amplitude modulation of the optical input signal in the first SOA; phase modulating a first saturated optical input signal from the first SOA based on data information to be transferred; reflecting a phase modulated first saturated optical input signal from the phase modulation means back into the phase modulation means; erasing amplitude modulation of the optical input signal in the second SOA; reflecting a second saturated optical input signal from the second SOA back into the second SOA; further erasing amplitude modulation of the second saturated optical input signal in the second SOA; further erasing amplitude modulation of the phase modulated first saturated optical input in the first SOA; creating the amplitude modulated optical output signal by adding a first output signal from the first SOA and a second output signal from the second SOA.
- An advantage of embodiments of the present invention is that it provides a significant increase in cost-efficiency since a single type of transceiver unit can be deployed at both OLT and ONT.
- A further advantage of embodiments of the present invention is that it enables large electric bandwidth and high optical extinction ratio.
- Another advantage of embodiments of the present invention is that it increases robustness against RBS, Rayleigh Backscattering, thanks to saturation in the transceiver unit.
- A further advantage of embodiments of the present invention is increased power budget due to saturation in the transceiver unit.
- Yet a further advantage of embodiments of the present invention is centralized filtering functionality.
- Another advantage with embodiments of the present invention is centralized light generation.
- Another advantage with embodiments of the present invention is cost-flexibility due to the free choice of the type of CLS, Centralized Lightwave Source.
- Yet further advantages with embodiments of the present invention are passive ODN, Optical Distribution Network, shared infrastructure, large optical bandwidth, large number of users.
- Further features of embodiments of the present invention will become apparent when reading the following detailed description in conjunction with the drawings.
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Figure 1 is a schematic block diagram ofsystem 100 in which the invention can be implemented. -
Figure 2 is a schematic block diagram of thesystem 100 in which downstream transmission using the transceiver units according to the present invention are illustrated. -
Figure 3 is a schematic block diagram of thesystem 100 in which upstream transmission using the transceiver units according to the present invention are illustrated. -
Figure 4 illustrates a schematic block diagram of atransceiver unit -
Figure 5 illustrates a schematic block diagram of theseeder unit 190 in thesystem 100. -
Figure 6 illustrated a flowchart of a method according to the present invention. - The present invention will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which preferred embodiments of the invention are shown. The invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. In the drawings, like reference signs refer to like elements.
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Figure 1 is a schematic block diagram ofsystem 100 in which the invention can be implemented. Thesystem 100 comprises several TDM-PON-links (not shown). Each TDM-PON-link has two dedicated wavelengths for bidirectional transmission. By means of cyclic nature of thewavelength multiplexers single port multiplexers - Each TDM-PON-link comprises two
transceiver units figure 1 there are also twoother transceiver units transceiver units transceiver units transceiver units transceiver units Figure 4 . - The
transceiver units end 160 and the OLT-end 170 of the optical access network link. Thetransceiver units transceiver units transceiver units transceiver units transceiver units system 100 does not suffer from a tight optical budget as most of the high split-ratio systems. This GS also provides for higher tolerance of the transmission against amplitude noise induced by intrachannel-crosstalk due to e.g. RBS, Rayleigh Backscattering, which is achieved by amplitude noise erasure. - The system illustrated in
figure 1 also comprises aCLS 180, Centralized Lightwave Source, at aCO 195, Central Office. TheCLS 180 at theCO 195 feeds aSeeder Unit 190 with a set of CW channels (not shown). Apower splitter 198 split wavelength channels intodrop fibres 196. -
Figure 2 is a schematic block diagram of thesystem 100 in which downstream transmission using thetransceiver units CO 195 to theONU 160 will be described. TheCLS 180 at theCO 195 feeds theSU 190 with a set of CW channels (not shown). By means of filtering means (not shown) at theSU 190 some of the CW channels are directed viawavelength multiplexer 120 towards thetransceiver unit 140 at theCO 195. These CW channels are illustrated by asolid line 210. - As will be described further down, the
transceiver unit 140 according to the present invention amplifies, amplitude-modulates and reflects part of power from a single wavelength channel. The remaining CW power at thetransceiver unit 140 is directed into the photo detector (not shown) and is suppressed by means of a DC-block (not shown). - The
downstream signal 225 is then transmitted viawavelength multiplexer 120,SU 190, andfeeder fiber 215 into aremote node 220. Thewavelength multiplexer 125 andpower splitter 198 in theremote mode 220 split thedownstream signal 225 intodrop fibres 196. - The
drop fibres 196 provide thedownstream signal 225 to theONUs 160 in which thetransceiver units 150 are located. Thetransceiver unit 150 in theONU 160 is a same transceiver unit as thetransceiver unit 140 in theOLT 170. As will be described further down some power of a modulated part of thedownstream signal 225 is directed to a photo detector (not shown) in thetransceiver unit 150. The remaining power is directed to a transmitter part (not shown) of thetransceiver unit 150 and is further referred to as upstream inter channel crosstalk. The upstream inter channel crosstalk (not shown) is accompanying an upstream data signal (not shown) from thetransceiver unit 150. The upstream inter channel crosstalk is later on discarded in theSU 190. - In
Figure 3 upstream transmission in thesystem 100 is illustrated. - By means of filtering means (not shown) at the
SU 190 some of the CW channels are coupled fromCLS 180 directly into thefeeder fibre 215. TheRN 220 distributes thewavelength channels 310 towards a number oftransceiver units transceiver unit 140 in theCO 195, in thetransceiver unit 150 an optical input signal (not shown) is divided. Part of the optical input signal goes into a photo detector (not shown), where constant-amplitude photocurrents in the optical input signal is discarded by means of DC-block. As will be described further down the other part is amplified, amplitude-modulated, reflected and sent back towards thetransceiver unit 140 at theCO 195 viadrop fiber 196,RN 220,feeder fibre 215 and theSU 190. This is illustrated by the dashedline 315. In thetransceiver unit 140 some power of the modulated signal is directed the photo detector (not shown) in thetransceiver unit 140 and the reaming power goes to a transmitter part (not shown) of thetransceiver unit 140 and is further referred to as downstream inter channel crosstalk accompanying the downstream data signal. The downstream inter channel crosstalk is later on discarded in theSU 190. -
Figure 4 illustrates a schematic block diagram of atransceiver unit Figure 4 , thetransceiver unit first coupler 410 configured to power split the optical input signal comprising a modulated optical signal and an unmodulated optical signal to areceiver 420 and to asecond coupler 430. Thereceiver 420 is configured to convert the modulated optical signal and the unmodulated optical signal to an electrical output signal. Thesecond coupler 430 is configured to split the optical input signal from thefirst coupler 410 to a first Semiconductor Optical Amplifier, SOA, 440 and asecond SOA 450. Thefirst SOA 440 is configured to saturation to erase amplitude modulation of the optical input signal. In an exemplary embodiment of thetransceiver unit Figure 4 , thetransceiver unit first SOA 440. - The phase modulation means 470 is configured to phase modulate a first saturated optical input signal from the
first SOA 440 based on data information to be transferred. Further, thetransceiver unit transceiver unit transceiver unit second SOA 450 which receives the optical input signal from thesecond coupler 430 is configured to saturation to erase amplitude modulation of the optical input signal. Furthermore in accordance with the present invention thetransceiver unit second SOA 450. - The second reflection means 460 is configured to reflect a second saturated optical input signal from the
second SOA 450 back into thesecond SOA 450. Thesecond SOA 450 is further configured to further erase amplitude modulation of the second saturated optical input signal. Thefirst SOA 440 is also being further configured to further erase amplitude modulation of the phase modulated first saturated optical input signal. The modulated optical output signal is created by thesecond coupler 430 which is further configured to do so by adding a first output signal from thefirst SOA 440 and a second output signal from thesecond SOA 450. Since the second output signal from thesecond SOA 450 has not experience any phase modulation, the amplitude of the modulated optical output signal is changed according with phase differences in relation to the signal from thefirst SOA 440. Low amplitude if the relative phase difference reaches π and high amplitude if the relative phase difference is 0. - In an exemplary embodiment of the
transceiver unit transceiver unit - Referring to
Figure 5 there is illustrated a simplified block diagram of theseeder unit 190 in thesystem 100. As illustrated inFigure 5 , theseeder unit 190 comprises three optical band-pass filters seeder unit 190 comprises a fixedattenuator 540, and twocirculators pass filters 510 interfaces theCLS 180. TheCLS 180 may be a spectrally sliced broadband source or a comb of WDM lasers. The optical band-pass filters 510 splits the spectrum of the incoming WDM signal into two parts, DS seeds and US seeds. The DS seeds are directed into the optical band-pass filter 520 where the DS seeds are combined with US data signals and are further transmitted viaport 551 of thecirculator 550 towards thetransceiver unit 140. The DS after modulation in thetransceiver unit 140 comes back via thesame port 551 and by-pass fromport 552 in the circulator to the optical band-pass filter 530 where DS after modulation combines with US seeds coming from the optical band-pass filter 510. Further on the modulated DS and unmodulated US seeds leave theSU 190 viaport 561 of thecirculator 560. The US signals coming into theSU 190 viaport 561 by-pass fromport 562 of thecirculator 560 to the optical band-pass filter 520 and leave theSU 190 together with DS seeds. - If RBS, Rayleigh Backscattering Scattering, is still an issue in the
system 100 thecirculator 560 can be moved out of theSU 190 to theRN 220 providing a double fiber transmission in thefeeder fiber 215. - RX sensitivity is defined as the estimated minimum power measured at the input to the
transceiver unit transceiver unit transceiver units transceiver units attenuator 540 applied in theSU 190, which adjusts thetransceiver unit ODN 165 diminished by the loss in themultiplexer 120 in theCO 195. It is important that the CW power is higher than the data signal power at the input of thetransceiver unit SOA SU 190 is increased. - Referring to
Figure 6 there is illustrated a flowchart of a method in atransceiver unit step 600 the optical input signal comprising a modulated optical signal and an unmodulated optical signal is power splitted to areceiver 120 and to
asecond coupler 130. In astep 601 the modulated optical signal and the unmodulated optical signal are converted to an electrical output signal in the receiver. In astep 602 the optical input signal is splitted in thesecond coupler 130 to a first Semiconductor Optical Amplifier, SOA, 140 and asecond SOA 150. In astep 603 amplitude modulation of the optical input signal is erased in thefirst SOA 140. In astep 604
a first saturated optical input signal from thefirst SOA 140 is phase modulated based on data information to be transferred. In a step 605 a phase modulated first saturated optical input signal is reflected from the phase modulation means 170 back into the phase modulation means 170. In astep 606 amplitude modulation of the optical input signal is erased in thesecond SOA 150 In a step 607 a second saturated optical input signal is reflected from thesecond SOA 150 back into thesecond SOA 150. In astep 608 amplitude modulation of the second saturated optical input signal is further erased in thesecond SOA 150. In astep 609 amplitude modulation of the phase modulated first saturated optical input is further erased in thefirst SOA 140. In astep 610 the amplitude modulated optical output signal is created by adding a first output signal from thefirst SOA 140 and a second output signal from thesecond SOA 150.
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- A transceiver unit (140, 150) for receiving an optical input signal and transmitting an amplitude modulated optical output signal and, comprising:a first coupler (410) configured to power split said optical input signal comprising a modulated optical signal and an unmodulated optical signal to a receiver (120) and toa second coupler (430), said receiver (420) being configured to convert said modulated optical signal and an said unmodulated optical signal to an electrical output signal; said second coupler (430) being configured to split said optical input signal from said first coupler (410) to afirst Semiconductor Optical Amplifier, SOA, (440) and asecond SOA (450), said first SOA (440) being configured to saturation to erase amplitude modulation of the optical input signal; said transceiver unit (140, 150) further comprisingphase modulation means (470) connected to said first SOA (440) configured to phase modulate a first saturated optical input signal from said first SOA (440) based on data information to be transferred;first reflection means (480) connected to the phase modulation means (470) configured to reflect a phase modulated first saturated optical input signal from the phase modulation means (470) back into said phase modulation means (470); saidsecond SOA (450) being configured to saturation to erase amplitude modulation of the optical input signal from the second coupler (430); said transceiver unit (140, 150) further comprising;second reflection means (460) connected to said second SOA (450) configured to reflect a second saturated optical input signal from the second SOA (450) back into said second SOA (450), said second SOA (450) being further configured to further erase amplitude modulation of said second saturated optical input signal, and said first SOA (440) being further configured to further erase amplitude modulation of the phase modulated first saturated optical input signal; said second coupler (430) being yet further configured to create the amplitude modulated optical output signal by adding a first output signal from said first SOA (440) and a second output signal from the second SOA (450).
- A transceiver unit (140, 150) according to claim 1, wherein said transceiver unit is used in a TDM/WDM-system, Time Division Multiplexing/Wavelength Division Multiplexing.
- A transceiver unit (140, 150) according to any of claims 1 to 2, wherein said transceiver unit is applied in both ends of an optical access network link.
- A transceiver unit (140, 150) according to any of claims 1 to 3, wherein said transceiver unit is arranged on a single chip.
- A transceiver unit (140, 150) according to any of claims 1 to 4, wherein said receiver (420) being further configured to DC-block, Direct Current, the unmodulated optical signal.
- A method in a transceiver unit (140, 150) for receiving an optical input signal and transmitting an amplitude modulated optical output signal, comprising:power splitting (600) said optical input signal comprising a modulated optical signal and an unmodulated optical signal to a receiver (420) and to a second coupler (430),converting (601) said modulated optical signal and an said unmodulated optical signal to an electrical output signal in said receiver (420);splitting (602) said optical input signal in said second coupler (430) to a first Semiconductor Optical Amplifier, SOA, (440) and a second SOA (450);erasing (603) amplitude modulation of the optical input signal in the first SOA (440);phase modulating (604) a first saturated optical input signal from said first SOA (440) based on data information to be transferred;reflecting (605) a phase modulated first saturated optical input signal from the phase modulation means (170) back into said phase modulation means (170);erasing (606) amplitude modulation of the optical input signal (206) in the second SOA 0;reflecting (607) a second saturated optical input signal from the second SOA (150) back into said second SOA (450);further erasing (608) amplitude modulation of the second saturated optical input signal in the second SOA (450);further erasing (209) amplitude modulation of the phase modulated first saturated optical input in the first SOA (440);creating (610) the amplitude modulated optical output signal by adding a first output signal from the first SOA (440) and a second output signal from the second SOA (450).
- A method in a transceiver unit (140, 150) according to claim 6, wherein said transceiver unit is used in a TDM/WDM-system, Time Division Multiplexing/Wavelength Division Multiplexing.
- A method in a transceiver unit (140, 150) according to any of claims 6 to 7, wherein said transceiver unit is applied in both ends of an optical access network link.
- A method in a transceiver unit (140, 150) according to any of claims 6 to 8, wherein said transceiver unit (140, 150) is arranged on a single chip.
- A method in a transceiver unit (140, 150) according to any of claims 6 to 9, wherein said step of converting (601) further comprises to DC-block, Direct Current, the unmodulated optical signal.
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